Wind River wrote:
> RobinArmstrong wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for this vote of support, Wind River. I'm glad I'm not the
>> only nut gatherer!
>>
>> When I was in school, my roommate and I had a great apartment--the
>> entire second floor of an old mansion near the university. One
>> spring, a mother squirrel built her nest right outside my roommate's
>> office window. We had fun watching the two baby squirrels grow up,
>> and we didn't want the mother to have to leave them to go out
>> scavenging, so we looked the kitchen and found "college girl" treats
>> for her--shelled pecans, Stella Dora breadsticks, Cheez-its, etc.
>> When the babies were old enough to eat on their own, they just came to
>> the window sill for food, too. Then a co-worker (who shares my
>> husband's attitudes) told me I shouldn't be doing this, that the
>> squirrels needed to learn to forage on their own. We stopped feeding
>> them, and one morning, my roommate called me at my job to say "I just
>> woke up with a squirrel in my bed!" One of the babies, not finding
>> food, had decided to chew through the screen and discover where the
>> stash was. Roomie was hysterical and called animal control who came
>> to collect the little guy and transport him to a local park.
>
> See? They are intelligent. That little squirrel knew where the treats
> came from.
>
> When I was in college, I used to watch the squirrels jumping from limb
> to limb. I was living in a small, old house with a small plate glass
> window on one wall. I guess it was added later, because it didn't fit
> the style of house and was placed at the normal height of a window, but
> it went higher, close to the ceiling. It was somewhat odd (but then so
> was the bright orange and yellow kitchen). One day, I was watching when
> a squirrel leaped on the roof, and peeked over the edge and looked
> through the window at me. My roommate didn't believe me until it did the
> same thing to her. They really are curious critters.
Aack! That must have been a bit startling the first time. Did you feel
like you were a zoo exhibit?
>
>> By the way, Wind River, I have to thank you for something from a long
>> time ago, when you posted the link to ordering an ocarina with the
>> Zelda games song book. Both of my kids received one that Christmas,
>> and my daughter really took to it, quickly learning all the songs,
>> then improvising variations on them and learning other video game
>> music by ear. When it was time to join the school band, she decided
>> to play flute, because that was "the instrument closest to an
>> ocarina." She has become a very good flute player and was accepted in
>> the state honors band last year. Isn't it fun seeing the impact just
>> little kindnesses can have?
>
> Oh, thank you for this, Deb. It really made my day. :)
>
> Tell her congratulations for making the state honors band. What an
> accomplishment!
>
Will do! Thank you!
Deb
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